Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun true_rib

1 sense of true rib

Sense 1
true rib -- (one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum)
       => rib, costa -- (any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates))